Pearls from artists* # 284
“The Magical Other,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 48″ x 38″
*an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on.
We can do anything, or almost, but how balanced, magnanimous, and modest one has to be to do anything! And also how patient. It is as true in the arts as anywhere else.
So… to work. It is not a non sequitur. I shall never be one of those directly active (except as a teacher, occasionally), but now and then I am made aware that my work, odd though it seems, does help people. But it is only in these last years at Nelson that I have known that for sure.
May Sarton in Journal of a Solitude: The intimate diary of a year in the life of a creative woman
Comments are welcome!
Posted on January 24, 2018, in 2018, An Artist's Life, Art in general, Inspiration, Pearls from Artists, Quotes and tagged "Journal of a Solitude: The intimate diary of a year in the life of a creative woman", "The Magical Other", balanced, do anything, help people, magnanimous, May Sarton, modest, patient, sandpaper, soft pastel, the arts, to work. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
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Barbara, I love your painting “The Magical Others”. It’s most extraordinary and imaginative!
Thanks very much, Renee. That one is 25 years old and is part of my earliest work in the “Domestic Threats” series. See the entire series at http://barbararachko.art/en/paintings/the-domestic-threats.
It’s amazing, to see it now in the context of that powerful series. I’m going to send you an email about writing an article about the series on The Healing Power of ART blog.